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Test for 2021 Internship Program

Test for 2021 Internship Program

Test for 2021 Internship Program

Section 1 – Current Events, Geography, AP Style, Grammar (Each question 2 points)

1. From June 2019 to March 2020, wildfires devastated portions of this country scorching approximately 46 million acres. a. Australia b. Brazil c. Siberia d. United States 2. Tensions between the United States and ______increased after Qasem Soleimani was killd during an airstrike. a. Saudi Arabia b. Iran c. Yemen d. Iraq 3. Ida B. Wells won the Pulitzer Prize for: a. Reporting on segregation b. Reporting on the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition c. Reporting on the consequences of slavery d. Reporting on the lynchings of African Americans 4. President Trump touts this type of drug as a potential treatment for COVID-19 a. A pain reliever b. An anti-inflammatory drug c. A blood thinner d. An antimalarial drug 5. A public research university system in California phased out ______as a requirement for applicants. a. High school transcript b. Letters of recommendation c. Standardized testing d. Application fee 6. Since 2019, ______has been a site of pro-democracy, anti-government protests. a. Hong Kong b. Taiwan c. Tibet d. Xinjiang 7. Armed federal officers in camouflage fired tear gas and pulled protesters into unmarked vans here. a. Washington, D.C. b. Portland, Oregon c. , Illinois d. San Francisco, California 8. After more than three years of deliberation and political turmoil, ______. a. the United Kingdom expelled Prince Harry and Meghan Markle b. the United Kingdom recalled Theresa May as Prime Minister c. the United Kingdom defunded the BBC d. the United Kingdom left the European Union 9. Who is the highest-ranking officer of the U.S. federal judiciary? a. Samuel A Alito b. William P. Barr c. Stephen G. Breyer d. e. Neil M. Gorsuch f. g. Brett M. Kavanaugh h. John G. Roberts Jr. i. Sonia Sotomayor j. k. Donald J. Trump 10. Which theory has the FBI identified as a potential domestic terrorist threat? a. ISIS b. Nxivm c. QAnon d. Area 51

11. Answer: #15 – Georgia

12. Answer: #36 South Dakota

13.

Answer: #30 – Iowa

14. Answer: #46 – California

15.

Answer: #23 – Michigan

16. The recently changed its style guide to capitalize: a. African American b. Native American c. White d. Black e. Asian 17. Russian spies used sophisticated computer techniques that would allow them to ______security systems and install programs. a. Breach b. Breech 18. Online learning had a notable ______on Mia’s interactions with others. a. Affect b. Effect 19. The Morning Show staff does not ______much resemblance to its audience. a. Bear b. Bare 20. The hospital raised between ______for its new pediatric wing. a. $2 and $3 million b. $2 million and $3 million 21. I hope my boss will ______my vacation request. a. OK b. Okay 22. The assignment editor didn’t know ______was best qualified to cover the city council meeting. a. Who b. Whom 23. The layout editor and graphic designer seldom agreed with ______. a. Each other b. One another 24. The journalist firmly believes in the ______of the First Amendment. a. Principals b. Principles 25. Siblings Martha and Damian put their books on the kitchen table. When their father got home, he asked whose books were on the table. Their mother answered: a. Those are Martha and Damian’s books. b. Those are Martha’s and Damian’s books. 26.

a. b. Larry Kudlow c. Michael Pompeo d. Robert Mueller e. Steve Bannon f. William Barr

27. a. Xing Jian b. Xing Jinpiang c. Xi Jianping d. Xi Jinping e. Xi Xinping f. Zhxin Jian g. Zhxin Jinping h. Zhxin Xinping

28. a. Michael Brown b. Philando Castile c. George Floyd d. Eric Garner e. Breon Taylor

29. a. Facebook b. Times c. Reddit d. Snapchat e. f. g. Yahoo!

30. a. Coronavirus Response Coordinator b. Counselor to the President c. Education Secretary d. Former U.N. Ambassador

Section 2 – Digital

1. The HTML tags … indicate? a. An embed b. A link c. A heading d. Text size e. Text color 2. According to the photojournalists code of conduct, what is acceptable? a. Accept gifts, favors, or compensation from those who might seek to influence coverage b. Intentionally sabotage the efforts of your competitor c. Intentionally contribute to, alter, or seek to alter or influence events d. Pay sources or subjects or reward them materially for information or participation e. Add Instagram filters to the pictures f. None of the above 3. Incredibly convincing media in which a person in an existing image or video is replaced with someone else’s likeness is called ______. a. Artificial intelligence b. Cybernetics c. Deepfake d. Doppelgänger e. Exchangeable image file format (EXIF) f. Fake news 4. Your editor asks you to pull together a slideshow of images from a recent Black Lives Matter march. What are three components you need: a. Date b. Link to the original source c. Photo captions d. Photo credits e. Photo filters f. Quotes from the speakers g. Headlines 5. News organizations are using Tik Tok to: a. reach a younger demographic b. create memes c. create viral videos d. boost brand recognition e. all of the above 6. If I work with Adobe Premiere Pro, what do I do? a. layout newspapers b. edit videos c. create graphics d. create animations 7. Which is NOT an example of how journalists use social media in their work? a. find new sources b. directly report the news c. gather user-generated content d. get a preliminary sense of how the public is reacting to an event. e. look for news tips and trends f. to avoid calling a government official for a statement g. share links to stories h. to interact with readers i. track down sources 8. Attribution is complicated in digital media by: a. Aggregation b. Curation c. Both d. Neither 9. Setting a policy for publishing UGC helps avoid: a. Libel or slander charges b. Copyright infringement, inappropriate images, audio or video 10. What are some techniques or tools you can use to increase and engage readers?

Section 3 – Editing

1.

a. Budget hits bump b. Budget to be voted on July 15 c. City Council blocks budget d. $23.9M Wells city budget stalls e. Wells administration comes up short

2.

a. Court OKs borrowing plan b. Dems beat GOP in borrowing case c. New York justices allow $11B borrowing plan to stand d. NY to borrow $11.2 billion e. New York gets the OK to borrow f. Supremes OK COVID-19 borrowing

3. What is the correct editor’s note to the author for this sentence?

Each of the students’ names were written on pieces of paper, folded in half, and placed in the voting drop box.

a. replace "students' " with "students" b. remove the comma after half c. replace "Each" with "Every" d. replace "were" with "was"

4. What is the correct editor’s note to the author for this sentence?

1977 was the last year the Minnesota Vikings went to the Super Bowl.

a. Replace "was" with "is" b. Don't start a sentence with a year. c. Need to add the location of the Super Bowl. d. Who did they play in 1977?

5. Please organize this list of story components from top to bottom as they would appear in a print newspaper column. 1st Headline 2nd Deck 3rd Byline 4th Lede 5th Nutgraph 6th Jump Line

6. Spell out the name of a state when: (select all that apply) a. it appears in the dateline b. it stands alone in the body of a story c. it is used in the body of a story in conjunction with a military base, city, town or village d. it is used to identify political affiliation

7. A musical genre that originated in , which fuses hip-hop with Latin American and Caribbean rhythms.

a. Afropop

b. reggaeton

c. calypso

d. reggae

8. What is the correct way to write a book title in a story?

a. An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States

b. "An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States"

c. An Indigenous Peoples' History Of The United States

d. "An Indigenous Peoples' History Of The United States"

9. Congress is capitalized when referring to:

a. The U.S. Senate and House of Representatives together b. The U.S. Senate

c. The U.S. House of Representatives

10. Read the article in the image then provide us with a print headline and tweet for this article.

WSJ Headline:

Real Businesses Snared in Hunt for Coronavirus Loan Scammers

WSJ Tweet:

Legitimate borrowers are being swept up in government efforts to root out scammers in the $670 billion Paycheck Protection Program and $374 billion Economic Injury Disaster Loan program

Section 4 – Business Reporting

1. Who is the Secretary of the Treasury? a. Larry Kramer b. Steve Mnuchin c. Jerome Powell d. Wilbur Ross

2. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act provided ______. a. an extra $600/week paid to those on unemployment b. a relief fund for states to manage the public health emergency c. a loan to help businesses keep workers on payroll d. a payroll tax deferral for employers e. all of the above

3. The Federal Reserve announced Tuesday that it is reducing borrowing costs by half of a ______for state and local governments. a. percentage b. percentage point

4. According to the of supply and demand, which of the following will not cause the demand for iPhones to change? a. change in the price of a competitor b. an increase in consumer incomes c. a change in price of iPhones d. a change in consumer tastes

5. If you buy a company’s stock, a. you own a part of the company b. you have lent money to the company c. you are liable for the company's debts d. the company will return your original investment to you with interest

6.

a. bear market b. bull market

7. The U.S. Commerce Department operates several offices and bureaus including: a. Bureau of Industry and Security, National Oceanic and Atmostpheric Administration, Bureau of Labor Statistics b. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, U.S. Census Bureau, Minority Business Development Agency c. Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Wage and Hour Division, Bureau of Labor Statistics

8. TRUE or FALSE? The monthly unemployment rate is calculated by dividing the number of unemployed people by the number of those actually working and multiplying that figure by 100.

a. True b. False

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Section 5 – Data Journalism

1. If you’re looking at a trend over time, then a ______is good. a. Pie chart b. Bar graph c. Line chart

2. If you’re trying to compare “parts of a whole,” then a ______is good. a. Pie chart b. Bar graph c. Line chart 3. If you’re comparing different things, then use a ______. a. Pie chart b. Bar graph c. Line chart

4. Identify five ways to clean data. a. Alphabetize b. Bold duplicates c. Color code columns d. Convert text numbers into numerals e. Delete extra spaces f. Import subset data g. Make text uniformly all caps/lowercase/propercase h. Remove duplicates i. Spell check

5. Check all good hygiene steps. a. Run virus scans on all email attachments b. Conduct sensitive text-messaging conversations over a secure messenger c. Don't allow a web browser to save your passwords d. Avoid two-factor authentication as unnecessary e. Never reuse passwords on multiple sites f. Use a password manager 6. Selling private contact information scraped from a website without permission is ______. a. Perfectly legal b. Patently illegal 7. What does VPN stand for? a. Virtual Privacy Network b. Virtual Private Network 8. Correlation does not imply causation. a. True b. False

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